Scientist Jobs

Working with Us

Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams rich in diversity. Take your career farther than you thought possible.

Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. Read more careers.bms.com/working-with-us

Summary

This position will be part of Sterile Product Development within the Drug Product Development organization located at New Brunswick, NJ. We are seeking a self-motivated, results oriented, collaborative scientist/engineer with a passion for problem solving to extend and enhance patient lives, with a focus on formulation and process development. The successful candidate excels in a collaborative, cross-functional, matrix team environment to enable the development of new drug products for pharmaceutics, biologics, and emerging modalities such as but not limited to gene therapy, oligonucleotides, SiRNA nanoparticulate delivery, antibody drug conjugates. The scientist/engineer will conduct studies on new drug candidates to define biophysical, and chemical properties using a wide variety of analytical characterization tools, as well as develop patient centric parenteral dosage forms and their manufacturing processes to enable clinical and commercial use.

This position will be part of Sterile Product Development within the Drug Product Development organization located at New Brunswick, NJ. We are seeking a self-motivated, results oriented, collaborative scientist/engineer with a passion for problem solving to extend and enhance patient lives, with a focus on formulation and process development. The successful candidate excels in a collaborative, cross-functional, matrix team environment to enable the development of new drug products for pharmaceutics, biologics, and emerging modalities such as but not limited to gene therapy, oligonucleotides, SiRNA nanoparticulate delivery, antibody drug conjugates. The scientist/engineer will conduct studies on new drug candidates to define biophysical, and chemical properties using a wide variety of analytical characterization tools, as well as develop patient centric parenteral dosage forms and their manufacturing processes to enable clinical and commercial use.

Responsibilities

• Conduct process development, optimization and scale-up studies; bring this knowledge to project teams to enable successful drug product technology transfer to clinical manufacturing and commercial sites.
• Participate on appropriate portfolio and strategy initiative teams.
• Develop parenteral dosage forms for clinical and commercial use throughout various stages of development. Generate data and knowledge for regulatory filings through planning and execution of experimental plans with minimal supervision, within project timelines.
• Integrate and interpret research data and present conclusions as appropriate at various project meetings.
• Facilitate problem solving using scientific, engineering, analytical, and numerical analysis as techniques to support drug product development as a member of a multidisciplinary project team.
• Responsible for willingly and enthusiastically working at the bench to solve challenging pharmaceutical development problems applying his/her scientific or engineering expertise
• Issue periodic reports and ensure compliance to safety rules and regulations, experimental best practices, electronic laboratory notebook, other expectations and trainings based on corporate and regulatory guidelines.
• Conduct experiments on new drug candidates and formulations to define biophysical and chemical properties using various analytical characterization tools.

Qualifications

• Ability to learn new techniques and apply these to address cross functional development challenges.
• Knowledge of fundamental principles of pharmaceutical science essential for the development of injectable dosage forms of small molecule, protein and peptide therapeutics.
• Hands on computer skills and knowledge of statistics.
• Ability to problem solve using scientific, engineering, analytical, and numerical analysis techniques to support drug product development from early development to product launch as a member of a multidisciplinary project team.
• LExperience in experimental design and execution as well as independent interpretation of data generated via a wide variety of analytical characterization techniques, available from experiments designed by self or others.
• Basic understanding of process development (lyophilized or ready-to-use) and scale-up of injectable dosage forms to clinical or commercial manufacturing sites is preferred.
• Ph.D. with 0-3 years of experience or MS with 5-7 years of experience with degree in Pharmaceutics, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Bioengineering or Chemical Engineering or related disciplines.
• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of protein folding and structure-activity relationship, protein/peptide chemistry, chemical and physical stability.
• Hands on experience with various biophysical and biochemical analytical tools used for characterization and development.
• Excellent team player with good interpersonal, written, verbal communication skills.

If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.

Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers

With a single vision as inspiring as “Transforming patients’ lives through science™ ”, every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in an inclusive culture, promoting diversity in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

On-site Protocol

Physical presence at the BMS worksite or physical presence in the field is a necessary job function of this role, which the Company deems critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, employee well-being and engagement, and it enhances the Company culture.

COVID-19 Information

To protect the safety of our workforce, customers, patients and communities, the policy of the Company requires all employees and workers in the U.S. and Puerto Rico to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, unless they have received an exception based on an approved request for a medical or religious reasonable accommodation. Therefore, all BMS applicants seeking a role located in the U.S. and Puerto Rico must confirm that they have already received or are willing to receive the full COVID-19 vaccination by their start date as a qualification of the role and condition of employment. This requirement is subject to state and local law restrictions and may not be applicable to employees working in certain jurisdictions such as Montana. This requirement is also subject to discussions with collective bargaining representatives in the U.S.

BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request a reasonable workplace accommodation/adjustment prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodations/adjustments in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to [email protected]. Visit careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.

BMS will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to applicable laws in your area.

Any data processed in connection with role applications will be treated in accordance with applicable data privacy policies and regulations.